IBC Solar working on five projects in Turkey
The German company, who has expanded its business outlook to emerging PV markets, is expanding its position within Turkey, by performing the EPC role on the large-scale projects.
PID-related performance drop in a solar farm
Black Sheep campaign: Some PV panels or batches of modules are susceptible to potential induced degradation (PID), while others are scarcely affected. Currently, many PV farm operators are experiencing this reality. The third instalment of our “Bring on the Black Sheep” series describes a case in which a module manufacturer behaved in a close to exemplary manner, but the inverter manufacturer made life difficult.
Zambia to be home to Africa's cheapest solar
First Solar, Enel, and Neoen won tenders to develop large-scale solar PV plants in Zambia under the World Banks “Scaling Solar” program, with electricity to be sold for as little as 6.02 cents per KWh.
Quality, reliability and a track record: New video report from the SolarWorld 2016 Installer Summit
As part of our pv magazine LIVE series, we bring you a new video report from SolarWorlds 2016 Installer Summit in Portland Oregon, including commentary from SolarWorld Americas President Mukesh Dulani.
SolarWorld ramps 72-cell module production in Oregon
The German-American PV maker has now reached 550 MW of annual module capacity at its facility near Portland, Oregon, and has additionally begun production of 5-busbar cells and monocrystalline silicon ingots.
ABB connects mega 648 MW PV plant to Indias grid
The huge plant the largest of its kind in the world was connected by ABB, after the Swiss company was awarded the project by Adani Group, who is currently making a number of moves in the thriving Indian PV market.
Energy storage market to grow to USD250 billion by 2040
This is the forecast in Bloomberg New Energy Finances New Energy Outlook 2016 report, which expects to see the price for energy storage systems significantly drop, as batteries will help to wean power dependency away from large-scale fossil fuel plants.
Major Swedish parties agree to 100% renewable goal by 2040
The five parties, including the coalition government, have agreed on a policy framework for long term future of the country’s power generation, which includes the ambitious target of being 100% renewable by 2040.
Solar to account for 30% of all generation capacity investment until 2040
A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of energy not only points to solar as the technology that will have the most invested in it, but that costs will fall dramatically over the next 25 years, making it the cheapest energy source for most of the world by 2040.
Solar Impulse 2 lands in New York City
This weekend the solar-powered plane landed in New York City, as the latest leg of its round-the-world tour.
